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First Reading: Joshua 24:1-2A, 15-17, 18B Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, summoning their elders, their leaders, their judges, and their officers. When they stood in ranks before God, Joshua addressed all the people: “If it does not please you to…
First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44 A man came from Ba’al-shal’ishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Eli’sha said, “Give to the men, that they…
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 (Since many boast of worldly things, I too will boast.) To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of — I am speaking…
First Reading: Sirach 44:1, 9-13 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations. And there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived; they have become as though they…
Can you even imagine the chaos of that first day following the resurrection? For three long days, Jesus’s friends had been wrapped in a heart-wrenching cloud of grief after watching the brutal murder of their Lord—gripped by anxiety and fear, hardly…
“I Am.” It is such a simple and profound and mind-boggling truth: literally everything in our world will change or fade away except our God. Only He is ever-present and ever-unchanging. The world’s ideas about Him have changed throughout the ages, and our relationship with Him…
I’m a total rule-follower. Growing up, I was the goody-goody who used my manners, who never once got detention, who trembled inside and fought back tears at even the slightest hint of a reprimand. I nursed guilt and regret for every errant word…
How is your Lent going, so far, sisters? Do you, like me, get frustrated with yourself sometimes because you feel like you should be doing a whole lot more? Do you feel like the moments you’ve intended to renew yourself in this season…
Ah, jealousy. That little insidious little soul killer. Every time I think I’m doing well, it trips me up again. I catch a glimpse of that lovely mom with the beautiful outfit at the school and realize that I don’t…
There’s a lot of talk about demons in today’s readings. Being possessed by demons, talking to demons, driving out demons . . . . We don’t exactly walk around these days witnessing sidewalk exorcisms. But spiritual warfare is still alive and…
OPERATIONAL STAFF JENNA GUIZAR FOUNDER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jenna Guizar is a wife and mama in sunny Arizona. She loves spending time with her husband, her daughters, and their son. After falling in love with the Lord through deep, faithful…
And you, Child, will be called the prophet of the most high . . . . These words sound unremarkable, even normal to many of us from our vantage here in the year 2014. But when Zechariah spoke them so long…
